Garment-supporter.



Patented Mar. I2, I901.

H. A. GUINZBURG.

GARMENT SUPPORTER. (Application 6166 Nov. 29, 1899.)

(No Model.)

INVENTOR WITNESSES: 42 U ATTORNEY NITED STATES ATENT Fries.

HENRY A. GUINZBURG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE I. B.

KLEINERT RUBBER COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

GARM ENT-Sll PPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,635, dated March 12, 1901.

Application filed November 29, 1899. Serial No. 738,650. (No model.)

and useful Improvements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of garment-supporting devices in which a pair of stocking-supporters are suspended by a single point of support from the fastener of a corset; and it consists of a supporting device to which the pair of stocking-supporters are connected and adapted to lie against the front of the corset, a bar adapted to lie behind the two sides of the corset-fastener in practically a horizontal position, and a connection be tween the central part of the bar and the upper edge of the supporting-piece.

This device is by its construction readily applied either while the corset is being fastened or after the corset is fastened in position on the wearer, the retaining-bar lying against the back of the corset-fastener, crosswise thereto and just above one of the loopand-stud clasps of the fastener, preferably the lower one, with the neck or connection of the bar resting on the top of the loop of the clasp. The device, it will thus be seen, is securely attached to the corset, and while it may at will be readily applied and removed from the corset it cannot be accidentally displaced.

To describe my invention more particularly, I will now refer to the accompanying drawings, forming part of the specification, in which Figure 1 shows one form of construction of my garment-supporting device applied to a corset; and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, showing the positions of the parts of the device and the corset-fastener.

In the embodiment of my invention shown in the drawings the retention-bar ct is connected to the part of the device to which the garment-supporters are attached by a few chain-links b, the lower link being secured to theupper end of this part of the device,

which is here shown as consisting of a suit-.

able fabric d, formed of any desired shape, and having the webbings e e of the garmentsupporters, as a pair of stocking-supporters, secured to its lower edge. The lower link of the bar connection may be secured to the piece din any suitable manner-as, for instance, by means of an eyelet-rivet c, which passes through the lower end of the link and through the body of the fabric (1.

The attachment of the device to the corset after the clasps, shown as loops f and studs 9 of the fastener, are connected together is made by simply passing the bar a between the edges of the parts It and h of the fastener and then turning it through an arc of about ninety degrees to cause it to lie in position at right angles to said edges and behind the corset-fastener, as shown by the dotted lines Ct in Fig. l, the neck or connection extending between the parts it and h and resting on the top of the loop f of the corset-clasp when the device is drawn down into the position shown, thus affording a secure and positive connection between the garment-supporters and the corset.

While this bar garment-supporting device is shown applied to and is particularly adapted for use in connection with corsets, it is evident that it may be attached to any garment formed or provided with a vertical slot through which the bar may be passed and then turned to lie crosswise to the slot behind the garment. It is also evident from the nature of the device that other modifications in the construction of said retention-bar and its connection may readily suggest themselves. The two typical forms here shown fully illustrate the essential feature of the invention.

I claim as my invention- A garment-supporting device having a retention-bar at its upper part and carrying garment supporters, as a pair of stockingsupporters, depending from its lower part, said retention-bar being formed to lie behind thefastener of the corset crosswise to the edges of the two parts of the fastener, and a chain connecting said retention-bar to the other part of the device and adapted to lie between the sides of the two parts of the corset-fastener and rest on the top of one of the corset-clasps of the fastener.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 24th day of November, A. D. 1899.

HENRY A. GUINZBURG.

Witnesses:

JAMES J. HANNAN, H. D. PRINGLE. 

